27 Oct
Bury Council
Bury
Job description
Children With Disabilities Team
Become a Children’s Social Worker for Bury and help with our Let’s Do it for Children’ vision.
About the role
Full time salaries are :
Level 1 Social Worker (ASYE) £35,745 per annum.
Level 2 Social Worker from £36,648 to £38,223 per annum.
Level 3 Social Worker from £39,186 to £41,418 per annum.
We are on the start of a journey in Bury and doing things differently. Social Workers are such an important part of our journey, and we promise to develop your skills and support your learning.
We want the best talent in Bury and need practitioners who help influence the services we are developing. We want to help you to grow,
deliver confident practice with protected caseloads and be the best you can be.
We are one of the first Authorities in the North-west to be pioneering the Hertfordshire Family Safeguarding model of working with families and training will be provided to learn new skills such as motivational interviewing.
You will be working alongside Adult practitioners, giving you more time and scope to work with children.
Working collectively, we prioritise support, training and development to serve within a child centred practice. If you are enthusiastic about children, young people and their families and want to work and develop your practice, then we want to hear from you!
We want to invest in you, and we have a clear vision around succession planning for our most talented workers. At the heart of everything we do are the children and young people of Bury.
We want staff who can form relationships, seeing the strengths in families and building on those assets,
always looking for solutions to support families to live together safely and for children and young people to thrive
Benefits of working for Bury Council
To hear about the benefits for working with Bury Council, please visit Bury - Home greater.jobs
We also offer the re-imbursement of Social Work England Registration fees and Free parking where you work - worth £860 a year for qualified Social Workers who work from town centre locations where there is no ready access to free parking, plus car mileage.
We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements.
We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community.
Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children / care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare or children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.
Appointment is subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application / CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment.
Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.
As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way
Next steps
Come and join Team Bury!
If you feel you can use your experience to make a real difference, we would love to hear from you! For an informal discussion about the role please contact Halley Griffin, Head of Service, on 0161 253 5023 or [email protected].
We’ve improved our interview process too - Shortlisting and interviews will be carried out on a weekly basis, so you’ll get a quick response to your application, and we have regular interview days.
Please be aware that we are not carrying out international recruitment at present and are currently unable to support sponsorship visas.